Alastair Hannay

Kierkegaard, A Biography

A Biography

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Produktbeschreibung

Written by one of the world`s preeminent authorities on Kierkegaard, this biography is the first to reveal the delicate imbrication of Kierkegaard`s life and thought.

To grasp the importance and influence of Kierkegaard`s thought far beyond his native Denmark, it is necessary to trace the many factors that led this gifted but (according to his headmaster) "exceedingly childish youth" to grapple with traditional philosophical problems and religious themes in a way that later generations would recognize as amounting to a philosophical revolution.
This book offers a powerful narrative account which will be of particular interest to philosophers, literary theorists, intellectual historians, and scholars of religious studies as well as any non-specialist looking for an authoritative guide to the life and work of one of the most original and fascinating figures in Western philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• Seitenzahl: 522
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 702g
• ISBN-13: 9780521531818
• ISBN-10: 0521531810
• Artikelnr.: 11733332

Autorenporträt

Alastair Hannay is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo. He studied in Edinburgh and London, has taught in the USA and written several books, among them five on Søren Kierkegaard.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. From street to salon: first blood; 2. The matter with Søren; 3. A Faustian phase; 4. The wild geese fly; 5. The dead and the living: debut; 6. Serious about irony: the dissertation; 7. The breach and Berlin: either/or; 8. Faith and tragic heroism; 9. More to being; 10. Notabene's meditation; 11. Completing the stages; 12. Concluding business; 13. Reviewing the age; 14. Refashioning the exterior; 15. Works of love; 16. Defining the deed; 17. Mischievous martyr; 18. 'Poor Kierkegaard; Bibliography.

Rezensionen

'A lucid and conscientiously written book that pays dazzling attention to the fine details.' Harper's Magazine